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Sep 27, 2019 · Shola Amoo explains how he sought to confound audience expectations in his semiautobiographical The Last Tree, the tale of a British-Nigerian boy who leaves an idyllic life with foster parents in the English countryside to join his birth mother on a London council estate.
- Aelfweard
- Aelfwynn
- Aethelstan
- Father Benedict
- Bresal
- Cynlaef
In season five, King Edward’s son by Aelflaed has come of age, prompting his grandfather the Lord Aethelhelm to scheme to have the boy named the aetheling and Edward’s successor. Aelfweard himself is desperate for his father’s attention, and suffers when his mother falls from Edward’s favour. Actor Ewan Horrocks played young Drusus in Sky roman his...
The daughter of Aethelflaed and supposedly the late Aethelred of Mercia (in the show Aelfwynn’s father is really Danishman Erik, one of two brothers who held Aethelflaed captive in season two). In season five, Aelfwynn is no longer a child but a rebellious teenager who bucks against the restrictions of her royal destiny.
In the season four finale, King Edward entrusted the care of his first-born son Aethelstan to Uhtred, asking the famed warrior to protect and train the boy. Uhtred has developed a father’s affection for the young royal, having raised Aethelstan more or less anonymously in the town of Rumcofa, training him in combat and preparing him to rule. Actor ...
A well-travelled Christian priest who comes to Rumcofa via Canterbury and Rome in order to preach Christianity to the town’s Pagan-leaning population. Father Benedict has a troubled past and brings heavy gambling debts with him. Actor-director Patrick Robinson was a long-standing cast-member of BBC medical drama Casualty, and has a great many stage...
A mercenary who works for the scheming Lord Aethelhelm, doing his bidding in the Lord’s scurrilous plans to make his own grandson the next King, in exchange for silver.
A young warrior-in-training and close friend of Aethelstan in Rumcofa. Cynlaef catches the eye of Queen Aethelflaed’s daughter Aelfwynn (see above).
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NEW. After growing up in quiet, rural Lincolnshire, teenager Femi struggles with unfamiliar surroundings and cultural differences when he moves in with his mother in London. Prime Video. Rent The...
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The Last Tree is an advance on Amoo's gentrification film A Moving Image (2016) and announces him as an important British director - one whose work demands a multicultural audience.
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The Last Tree is a 2019 British drama film directed by Shola Amoo. It premiered in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and was released in the UK on 27 September 2019.
